Stan Madiri, an IAAF elite speed coach, was at a recent England Athletics coaching conference and Matt Long was there to hear his thoughts
Based at the Lee Valley High Performance Centre, the well respected Stan Madiri has periodically worked with the ...

A total television audience of 358 million watched the Zurich 2014 European Athletics Championships this summer, underlining the continued popularity of European Athletics’ flagship event.

It is just over a month until the Bulgarian town of Samokov hosts the SPAR European Cross Country Championships and in the next few weeks nations will be announcing their squads for the last major athletics event of 2014.

European 400m silver medallist believes there are “quicker times in there”
Matthew Hudson-Smith was one of the breakthrough athletics stars of 2014 and he is looking forward to 2015 being even better, writes Ryan Walters.

The 20-year-old a...

Jessica Ennis-Hill has confirmed that next summer's IAAF World Championships in Beijing figure highly in her plans on the road to defending her Olympic heptathlon title in Rio de Janeiro in 2016.

After second and third-place finishes at the Marathon des Alpes-Maritimes Nice-Cannes, Ethiopia s Shume Hailu finally stood on top of the podium at the IAAF Bronze Label Road Race when he crossed the line on Cannes Promenade de la Croisette in 2:09:27...

Ethiopia s Fikadu Girma and Mulahabt Tsega triumphed at the 2014 Banque du Liban Beirut Marathon, winning at the IAAF Bronze Label Road Race in 2:12:26 and 2:29:15 respectively on Sunday (9).

Ten years after Stefano Baldini won the gold medal in the 2004 Olympic Games, the Athens Marathon course record of the Italian was finally broken with the unheralded Kenyan Felix Kandie clocking 2:10:37 on Sunday (9). Even more surprising was that Kand...

Commonwealth and African 10,000m champion Joyce Chepkirui has enjoyed a golden 2014, which has also included a series of impressive victories on the roads at a several top quality races. The rising Kenyan distance runner is also the latest athlete to t...